LITTLE LEAGUE: Mid City eliminated by host Livermore in World Series

The Mid City All Stars at the Intermediate 50/70 World Series in Livermore, Calif.

The Mid City All Stars at the Intermediate 50/70 World Series in Livermore, Calif.

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The Mid City All Stars at the Intermediate 50/70 World Series in Livermore, Calif.

The Mid City All Stars at the Intermediate 50/70 World Series in Livermore, Calif.

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LITTLE LEAGUE: Mid City eliminated by host Livermore in World Series

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LIVERMORE, Calif. – The incredible run by the Mid City All Stars came to an end Thursday night at the Intermediate 50/70 World Series.

Host Livermore Little League avenged a loss to Mid City on the opening day of the tournament with a 13-5 victory in an elimination game in front an announced attendance of 4,200 at Max Baer Park.

With the victory, Livermore advanced to play West Boynton Beach (Florida) for the United States Bracket championship at 7 p.m. CDT Saturday, which will be shown on ESPN.

The International Bracket championship at 3 p.m. CDT Saturday will have Seoul, South Korea, going against Guayama (Puerto Rico).

The winners of each bracket championship will meet at 8 p.m. CDT Sunday for the Intermediate 50/70 World Series title, also being shown on ESPN.

The loss for Mid City was the second in as many days as West Boynton Beach rallied from being down six runs going into the sixth inning to win 10-9 in eight innings in a United States Bracket semifinal on Wednesday.

Livermore, which had lost to Mid City, 4-0, on Sunday, not only saw its offense respond but took advantage of six Mid City errors.

Livermore jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first with a sacrifice fly before Mid City answered with an RBI single by Jace Martinez.

Livermore threatened in the second inning but an RBI groundout got Mid City out of that jam.

However, in the third inning Livermore struck for five runs for a 6-1 advantage as two of the runs scored on wild pitches. Livermore also had four hits and two walks in the big inning.

Mid City rallied for three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning as Dawson Bullard had a two-run single and later scored on a wild pitch to cut the Livermore lead to two runs.

But Livermore again responded with five runs in the sixth to take a commanding 11-4 lead. Livermore had five hits and also took advantage on an error and a wild pitch in the frame.

Livermore added two more runs in the top of the seventh for a 13-4 lead.

Mid City added a run in the bottom of the seventh when Jake Cunningham (3-for-4) hit his second double of the game and scored on a Marcos Davila single.

Eli Price also went 2-for-4 for Mid City.

The run by Mid City was an impressive one as it won 13 straight games during the all-star season before its suffered the back-to-back losses.

This was also the first Mid City team to get past the state tournament round since the 2014 squad that also reach the Intermediate World Series.